"Precisely what is artistic about cannabis?" asked [Eloise Brown], who visited the company's offices the next morning and discovered that the show was the product of Michael Lippmann of Newbury Park.

Brown questioned why it is being shown in the afternoon when children could be watching. She forwarded Lippmann's name to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.

PHOTO: Michael Lippmann watches his hourlong program, which aired on Ventura County Cablevision's public access channel. / WENDY LAMM / For The Times; PHOTO: Former Councilwoman Eloise Brown asks, "Precisely what is artistic about cannabis?" / JERRY MENNENGA / For The Times